Knife Sharpening

[trevort]

Brad no knowledge of all types of stone but this is what she bought me and the only thing I wet it with is water





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[Brad Y]

Thanks Trev, yes google has me on that path. Looking forward to giving these knives some lovin.

[Sako 22-250]

Don't have many knives but like to have them sharp.... Am learning the art.. Got more steels/kits than knives

Have found best results from Stone (when lost edge and fdick 7cut steel when in need of a hone(second pic)

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[flmath]

https://youtu.be/n9_sND3P_F4

This fellow has very well explained videos. The leather strop he uses gives a very sharp edge and is simple to make and use.
Patience is the key, keep the angle, dont rush and make sure you raise that burr on the edge.

[The Raven]

As far as stones go I know the Japanese have some excellent ones AND the Americans love Arkansas stone. I've used the later and it works really well.

[fallingblock]

slaughtermen at the local abattoir here use plain old Norton brand wet stones. About $30

[Shep25]

Have found victorinox knives sharpen up fairly well but for some reason I bought a heap of swibo knives and I find them sometimes a bit stubborn to take an edge and don’t get real sharp. Only using a lansky kit, shameful I know but it’s hard to sit down and sharpen properly with a 3 year old boy who copies everything and I mean everything you try to do. He is fun at the gun shop though.

Swibo knives are a very hard steel once sharp stay that way but once the edge dies down they take a lot of work to bring back.
Victorinox are softer and are easier to keep sharp for this reason.
The harder the steel in the knife the finer the steel needed to keep them sharp( course steels will actually break the fine edge off of a hard knife ).